Improvement in rings and gudgeons for gottle-fastenings



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicEO JOSEPH O. DAY, OF HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN RINGS AND GUDGEONS FOR BOTTLE-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13,782, dated November 13, 1555.

fo all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosEru C. DAY, of Hackettstown, in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Method of Securing Corks in Bottles and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the speciiication, in which- Figure l is a face view of a bottle whereonk all myimprovements are exhibited. Fig. 2 is an edged view of the hoop or collar surrounding the neck of the bottle,with two gudgeons, through one of which it is divided into halves. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the aforesaid hoop, showing the gudgeons closed or brought together, which in Fig. 2 is shown opened. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bail or strip or band passing over the cork, and fastened to or connected with the gudgeons of the hoop by means ot gudgeon-boxes shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the annexed figures.

My invention relates, iirst, to a particular construction of a band or hoop which surrounds the top or neck ofthe bottle, on which hoop or band there are two gudgeons, one of which, being divided in halves, gives an open space, through which to pass the neck of the bottle.

It relates, secondly, to the construction of 1 a bail or strip, which, at the top being concave in order to receive the cork when raised up by any inward upward pressure, passes over the top of the cork, and by means of gudgeon-boxes is secured or fastened to the hoop which ineloses the neck of the bottle.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to deof the bail, passing from the top of the cork to the gudgeonsc c on the hoop b; and d repre- Sents the eonvexity on the top of the bail, an-

swering to the concavity on the opposite side.

Upon reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the hoop is to be constructed with one of the gudgeons open or equally divided, which gudgeon in said iigure is shown by the letters c c', and the solid gudgeon is represented by the letter c in said ligure. NVhen the neck of the bottle is placed in this hoop through the space intervening c c in Fig. 2, they are then to be closed or brought together by pressing them together, thereby virtually making but one gudgeon, as maybe seen in Fig. 3. (Represented by the letter c.) The hoop or band being thus placed on the neck of the bottle, as above described and as represented by the letter b in Fig. l, the bail d d (represented in Fig. l or Fig. 4) is then placed over the cork and fastened to the hoop or band b by placing the gudgeon-boXes represented in Fig. I by the letters c c on the gudgeons represented by the letters c c in Fig. 1, which gudgeonboxes are to be made so as to 'fit closely, but not very tightly, so that when it is required to take out the cork it is only necessary to remove the bail b by placing the hand on the eonveXity cl and pushing it to either side, and still 4the whole arrangement on the bottle, ready to be used at any moment and without any trouble. Vhen the cork is taken out, as above described, and another is inserted in order to secure it, it is only necessary to push the bail b over the top thereof.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rIhe construction of the hoop b with two gudgeons thereon, one of which is made open or divided in halves, and which, when in actual use, are brought together, thereby forming one gudgeon, which, with that on the opposite side, are the recipients of the gudgeonboxes represented by the letters c c in Fig. 4,

2. Securing the two haligudgeons c c together, and consequently the collar to the bottle, by means of one of the gudgeoirboxes of the bail.

JOSEPH C. DAY.

Vitnesses:

JONATHAN LoivGsTEEET, Crus. DAY. 

